Assembly Bill A529

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires regulations authorizing computer science courses to count towards liberal arts content at institutions of higher learning

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A529 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2645
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง208-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6543, S6158
2017-2018: A1738, S3026
2019-2020: S4455

2015-A529 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires regulations authorizing computer science courses to count towards liberal arts content at institutions of higher learning; defines computer science.

2015-A529 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   529

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring regulations
  authorizing computer science courses to  count  towards  liberal  arts
  content at institutions of higher learning

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  208-b
to read as follows:
  S  208-B.  COURSE  REQUIREMENTS.  1. THE COMMISSIONER AND THE BOARD OF
REGENTS ARE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  ESTABLISH  RULES  AND/OR  REGU-
LATIONS AUTHORIZING COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES TO COUNT TOWARDS THE LIBER-
AL  ARTS  CONTENT  IN MATH OR SCIENCE REQUIRED FOR EACH DEGREE AT INSTI-
TUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN NEW YORK STATE.
  2. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "COMPUTER SCIENCE" MEANS THE STUDY OF
COMPUTERS AND ALGORITHMIC PROCESSES INCLUDING  THE  STUDY  OF  COMPUTING
PRINCIPLES,  COMPUTER  HARDWARE  AND  COMPUTER SOFTWARE DESIGN, COMPUTER
APPLICATIONS, AND THE  IMPACT  OF  COMPUTERS  ON  SOCIETY.  COURSES  MAY
INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  A. SOFTWARE DESIGN;
  B. HARDWARE DESIGN;
  C. CREATION OF DIGITAL ARTIFACTS;
  D. ABSTRACTION;
  E. LOGIC;
  F. ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION;
  G. PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS AND LANGUAGES;
  H. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;
  I. NETWORKS;
  J. GRAPHICS;
  K. DATABASES AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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